UNWANTED AND BROKEN

                                                                         Chapter 5 

"Going home? " Asked Mark

"I thought that we would stay here for a few more days, I have to deal with my wife with her issues and my son crying and everything else, I am not sure if I am ready to go home yet." "My wife has changed, she became hateful I don't know if I can handle her. Please, can we stay another day?" Asked Mark.

The nurse smiled, "You know all the husbands say that when it is time to go home." replied the nurse. 

"Do they?" "So what do I do?" Is there a support group I can go to that helps men to deal with their wives?" asked Mark.

The nurse laughed and said," "that is the 5th person that asked me that today." "At first, I thought that was a joke but I see that men are serious they don't want to go home."

Mark went up to see his son and seen a big rocking chair by the baby crib, Mark sat down and asked if he could rock his baby. 

"You sure can." " one of the nurses replied."

As one of the nurses handed Mark his baby, he started to rock what a peaceful look on his face. Mark felt that if he could only stay here and have the nurses help him raise his son, Mark would feel he would do no wrong in his wife's eyes. He rocked and rocked until the baby started to cry. 

"What do I do now?" Asked Mark.

"Will hun, he is hungry you need to feed him." "Do you want to feed him?" Asked one of the nurses.

"Yes please, I can't believe that I get to feed him." Replied Mark.

"Here you go, left this arm up a bit and take this and hold the bottle just like this." "Keep it right there, But see this line where the baby formula is?" "You pop it out and see if it down to this line if it is then you raise him up to your shoulder and burp him like this." replied one of the nurses.

"How hard do you hit him in the back?" Asked Mark.

"You don't hit him on the back, you pat him on the back, the gas bubble has to come out, always make sure you have a rag on your shoulder because sometimes they spit up and become a big mess." "So let's put this rag on your shoulder and you lay back and you rock." Replied the nurse.

"Okay, I think that I got this, Mark replied."  As he took his son and tilted him in the upright position. 

Mark kept taking the baby bottle out every chance he could get just to check to see how low the formula has gotten which was upsetting his son.

"I don't quite understand is he not drinking or am I pulling out too soon?" Asked Mark.

The nurses smiled and said: "All you need to do is lay him down in your arms like this and then you left one arm up a little bit and then you give him his bottle, You let him drink it for a while and then you take it out of his mouth and then you check." Each line that you see goes down to the line below this line you then want to burp your son." Give your son some time to drink it first." Replied the nurse.

Mark, realized that he was doing a good job at feeding his son, felt that he is going to be okay with the fact of raising a baby. Once Mark pulled the bottle out of his mouth he checked and sure enough, it was down a line so he raised the baby up and put him on his shoulder and patted him on his back. Seth Burped so loud that it shocked Mark, Mark couldn't help but laugh, The nurses couldn't help but laugh at Mark because he had a shocked look on his face.

"How was this?" asked Mark.

"Yes wonderful Job!" " Don't hit too hard because that could hurt him okay?" Replied the nurse.